determining a driver

me10lee83 · External Since: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 4

I've been having some issues with stop errors when shutting down (I posted
about these in another category but think I've determined the problem since
posting it). I kept receiving the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL message which after
a little research I determined is usually do with driver errors.

I ran the signature verification utility and it came up with a whole bunch
of files not digitally signed all in the following folder:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3

How do I determine what this folder is associated with? (I checked it out
and looking at the contents didn't help at all)

Also got a .exe file in program files\synaptics\syntp and 3 .dll's in
system32 (no subfolder). Same question with these as the first one-
How do I determine what driver (or other program, etc) these files are
associated with and is there a way to tell if this is what's causing my stop
error?

DL · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 1976

http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm for Stop error info

The spool folder is associated with printer drivers - and that doesnt mean
only your printer

Assuming you mean MS digitally signed this simply means the vendor hasnt
paid money to MS for MS to test the driver. I believe some well known
vendors refuse to subscribe to this, so it is not neccessarily a helpfull
indication.

Without knowing the name of the exe file or dll's; who knows?

"me10lee83" <me10lee83 DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DBBDE5D-485E-4293-A0E9-B3827A6C0CC5@microsoft.com...
> I've been having some issues with stop errors when shutting down (I posted
> about these in another category but think I've determined the problem
> since
> posting it). I kept receiving the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL message which
> after
> a little research I determined is usually do with driver errors.
>
> I ran the signature verification utility and it came up with a whole bunch
> of files not digitally signed all in the following folder:
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3
>
> How do I determine what this folder is associated with? (I checked it out
> and looking at the contents didn't help at all)
>
> Also got a .exe file in program files\synaptics\syntp and 3 .dll's in
> system32 (no subfolder). Same question with these as the first one-
> How do I determine what driver (or other program, etc) these files are
> associated with and is there a way to tell if this is what's causing my
> stop
> error?

Ron Hinds · External Since: Jun 20, 2007 Posts: 14

"me10lee83" <me10lee83.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DBBDE5D-485E-4293-A0E9-B3827A6C0CC5@microsoft.com...
> I've been having some issues with stop errors when shutting down (I posted
> about these in another category but think I've determined the problem
> since
> posting it). I kept receiving the IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL message which
> after
> a little research I determined is usually do with driver errors.

Or hardware errors - like conflicting hardware devices, e.g.

> I ran the signature verification utility and it came up with a whole bunch
> of files not digitally signed all in the following folder:
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3
>
> How do I determine what this folder is associated with? (I checked it out
> and looking at the contents didn't help at all)

It's a printer folder - so the drivers are for a printer (not necessarily a
physical printer, some apps - like Adobe - create "logical" printers).

> Also got a .exe file in program files\synaptics\syntp and 3 .dll's in
> system32 (no subfolder). Same question with these as the first one-
> How do I determine what driver (or other program, etc) these files are
> associated with

In Explorer, right click the file you are curious about and select
Properties. Go to the Version tab. It should tell you the version number,
the company that created it, and what application it is for.

> and is there a way to tell if this is what's causing my stop
> error?

Not likely it is a dll or exe for IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL...